Florian Mitrea – Chopin and Liszt. In B minor

Florian Mitrea – piano
Chopin and Liszt. In B minor

Frédéric Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Franz Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor

Two composers, one key, an entire universe of shadows and light. In his Third Sonata in B minor, Chopin builds a cathedral of sound: soaring arches of lyricism, whispered confessions, and a finale that blazes with restless brilliance. It is intimacy transformed into architecture, and poetry forged into power. Then Liszt takes the same key and tears open the sky. His B minor Sonata unfolds in a single, mythic span an entire gamut of musical images, including demonic whispers, ecstatic tenderness, and eruptions of volcanic grandeur. Themes dissolve and return like memories from a dream, until silence itself feels charged. It is a piece imbued with spirituality and has been described as the Bible story told in 30 minutes of earth-shattering music. This recital is an encounter with the Romantic music and its seductive, dangerous, and transcendental music. An evening that will leave the air vibrating long after the final note fades.